Guide to Cape Town

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As one of the world’s most popular long haul destinations, Cape Town offers a superb variety of breathtaking tourist attractions, lively restaurants and bars and wonderful shopping facilities to suit all tastes.

Details of local banking facilities, postal facilities, telephones and accommodation may also be found on this page.

Main Tourist Attractions

Cape Town has a number of fantastic attractions that are guaranteed to make your visit a trip of a lifetime, including:

• Table Mountain – Its absolutely essential that you visit Table Mountain, towering over Cape Town at 1086 metres with astounding views of the city, its beaches and bays. Take the short cable car ride to the summit where you can follow nature trails, grab a bite to eat at the restaurant and send postcards at the gift shop bearing the official Table Mountain postmark!

Banking Facilities

The banking system is well established and offers a modern service, ATMs can be found right across the city of Cape Town while all major credit cards are accepted without fuss.

Food & Drink

For a whole host of fine restaurants, welcoming bars and lively nightclubs, head for Cape Town’s Victoria & Alfred Waterfront development.

With the magnificent Table Mountain as a backdrop, you can stroll along the Waterfront past a whole host of taverns, restaurants, coffee shops and fast-food outlets all set alongside quirky souvenir shops, international boutiques and authentic craft shops.

As you would expect, seafood is very popular in Cape Town’s restaurants from the simple fish and chips to the more extravagant lobster, oysters or octopus all freshly plucked from the ocean. Meat lovers will also find their appetite fulfilled as beef, lamb and veal are extremely popular while locals also love braaiing (barbecuing).

South African now produces some of the finest wine in the world and you can sample at first hand the produce of these vineyards while the soaring temperatures ensure that lager is a popular choice of beverage when seeking to unwind after a day of sightseeing!

Shopping

If retail therapy is part of the itinerary then Cape Town will not fail to disappoint. South Africa’s chief export is of course gold while its diamond produce is also world-famous so expect to pick up some bargains!

The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront area of Cape Town has a variety of shopping from locally produced hand crafts to high street stores. Next on the list should be Adderly Street with numerous shopping centres along with a range of gift, souvenir and jewellery stores.

Greenmarket Square is also worth a visit as a flea market is held here while Long Street is known for its more genuine, localised shopping.

Postal Facilities

Post Offices in South Africa are usually open Monday to Friday with a half-day on Saturdays but its best to check locally for opening times. Postage stamps can be purchased from a range of outlets from newsagents to cafes.

Telephones

Public pay phones are located throughout Cape Town and some accept call cards, which can be purchased from retail outlets.

Accommodation

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